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Michael

Just because... actually was mentioning the great Brother Noland, who now does weekly slack key shows, Jorma/Fur Peace Ranch style. This is his 1990 hit (in the Hawaiian islands). Sort of Pacific style reggae with twist of traditional Hawaiian. Fun song:

Big Ship

"Act patiently like the fishes in the sea, you got to hold on!"
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#BrotherNoland #reggae #Pacific #HawaiianStyle #slackkey #BigShip #guitar #music #musica #musique #Hawaii

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Bert Ernste

Atoms and Ashes by Serhii Plokhy review – why another nuclear disaster is almost inevitable

The Guardian

A grim account of the downhill slide of atomic power since its heyday in the 1950s illustrates why it can never be the solution to global heating.

Once hailed as a source of electricity that would be too cheap to meter, atomic power has come a long way since the 1950s – mostly downhill. Far from being cost-free, nuclear-generated electricity is today more expensive than power produced by coal, gas, wind or solar plants while sites storing spent uranium and irradiated equipment litter the globe, a deadly radioactive legacy that will endure for hundreds of thousands of years. For good measure, most analysts now accept that the spread of atomic energy played a crucial role in driving nuclear weapon proliferation.

Then there are the disasters. Some of the world’s worst accidents have had nuclear origins and half a dozen especially egregious examples have been selected by Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy to support his thesis that atomic power is never going to be the energy saviour of our imperilled species. (...)

“Nuclear power is too costly and it takes too long to build a reactor and it is inherently unsafe not only for technological reasons but also because of the risk of human error.” (...)

[T]he nuclear industry has gone past its spring and summer years and should be allowed to reach a useful but limited autumn before it is quietly forgotten as a dark global experiment that should not be repeated.

‘Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima’ by Serhii Plokhy is published by Allen Lane

Complete article

Photo of nuclear explosion
A digitally altered image of a US nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll, July 1946. Photograph: United States Department of Defense

Tags: #books #nuclear_power #atom #atomic_power #nuclear_disaster #nuclear_weapons #global_heating #global_warming #climate_change #climate_crisis #energy #nuclear_energy #nuclear_disasters #electricity #radiation #atomic_waste #nuclear_waste #Chernobyl #Three_Mile_Island #Fukushima #Windscale #Bikini_Atoll #hydrogen_bomb_test #radioactive_cloud #Pacific #Kyshtym #Urals #plutonium #radioactivity

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Scientists discover more than 90% of #GreatBarrierReef #coral studied in 2022 was bleached

source: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/scientist-great-barrier-reef-coral-bleached-b2076952.html

More than 90% of Great Barrier Reefcoral surveyed this year was bleached, Australian #government scientists disclosed Tuesday in a new report.

"This is heartbreaking, this is deeply troubling, it shows that our (Great) Barrier Reef really is in very serious #trouble indeed”, said Simon Bradshaw, Director of Research at the Climate Council.

Bleaching is a phenomenon caused by global #warming, but this is the reef’s first bleaching event during a La Niña #weather pattern, which is associated with cooler #Pacific #Ocean temperatures.

#Australia #climate #crisis #environment #nature #sea #problem #news #science

More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral studied in 2022 is bleached

More than 90% of Great Barrier Reefcoral surveyed this year was bleached, Australian government scientists disclosed Tuesday in a new report."This is heartbreaking, this is deeply troubling, it shows that our (Great) Barrier Reef really is in very...

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Sylvia J

Navy Agrees To Comply With Hawaii’s Order To Drain Red Hill Fuel Facility

https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/01/navy-agrees-to-comply-with-hawaiis-order-to-drain-red-hill-fuel-facility

‘Under the #order, the #Navy is required to #drain its #fuel and may only refuel in the #future if it can meet #state #safety #standards. If it cannot do so, the Navy will have to #move its estimated #180-million-gallons of fuel #elsewhere.’
‘The only acceptable course of action after #defueling the #RedHill #tanks is what #Oahu #Water #Protectors have always insisted is the only #safe option: #ShutDownRedHill. #PERMANENTLY!’

#redhill #toxic #jet-fuel #tank-farm #facility #contamination #crisis #emergency #pacific #island #oahu #hawaii #military #pollution #health #safety #investigation #poison #environment #ecology #aquatic #life #waterislife

Navy Agrees To Comply With Hawaii's Order To Drain Red Hill Fuel Facility

Employees at Red Hill filed complaints about safety hazards before the leaks in 2021, a Navy official said.

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Donna

#Tennessee #Valley #Marin #Headlands #Trail #Beach #Beautiful #Boy #Playing #Waves #Pacific #Ocean #Nature #MyWork #Photography #California #Our #World

Playing with the Waves

Pacific Ocean

"The gently winding trail, slightly more than two miles in each direction, passes through several micro-environments, including meadows, low mountains, stands of redwoods and eucalyptus, a lagoon, a beach and cove and, at the endpoint, the world's largest ocean.

In the spring and summer, wildflowers abound on the trail, and deer, frogs, various birds and other wildlife can often be sighted. The trail is open to pedestrians and bicyclists.

The first half-mile or so of the trail is paved, giving way to a dirt path. The trail in the distance, though, is a different, much steeper trail. Soon after the pavement turns to dirt, low mountains rise into view. Wildflowers can be seen on both sides of the trail.

The trail passes through meadows after the halfway mark. Along the way, one can see several patches of horsetails, one of the oldest, fundamentally unchanged plants in the world. Named because of their resemblance to horses' tails, they have been around for over 300 million years, and are related to no other plants.

Nearing the end of the trail, the lagoon comes into view, with the Pacific Ocean beyond."

Tennessee Valley / Marin Headlands / February 14, 2015

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